Yale Club Eight Wins on the Charles

Oct 17, 2009

The Yale heavyweight club eight took first out
of 46 crews in the club eight event on Boston’s Charles
River. The crew completed the course in a time of 15:22.613, 3.598
seconds ahead of the second-place crew. Last year the Yale crew
took fifth.

The Yale crew crossed the Riverside Bridge in
a time of 3:32.848, Weld in 8:37.231 and Cambridge in 12:49.354 to
finish in 15:22.613. Yale posted the fastest time in every split
but Weld.

In second place was the crew from the BMA Boat
Club. In third came the eight from Northeastern. Boston University
came fourth and Harvard finished fifth.